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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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